"antiheroine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: antiheroines [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + heroine. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|heroine}} anti- + heroine Head templates: {{en-noun}} antiheroine (plural antiheroines)
  1. (literature, roleplaying games) A female protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals; a female antihero. Categories (topical): Female people, Literature, Role-playing games, Stock characters Synonyms: anti-heroine Related terms: antihero Translations (female antihero): antiheroïna [feminine] (Catalan), antihrdinka [feminine] (Czech), antihéroïne [feminine] (French), anti-héroïne [feminine] (French), antiheroína [feminine] (Galician), αντιηρωίδα (antiiroḯda) [feminine] (Greek), антихерои́на (antiheroína) [feminine] (Macedonian), anti-heroína [feminine] (Portuguese), антигерои́ня (antigeroínja) [feminine] (Russian), antiheroína (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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